The Project

100 years ago there were thought to be 315,000 orangutans in the wild. There are now less than 6,600 left in Sumatra, and less than 54,000 in Borneo. With the current rate of destruction, orangutans will be the first great apes to become extinct by 2016, along with 20,000 ha of rainforest and the other specieis that live with them.
Our mission is to stop this extinction - to ensure the survival of orangutans in the wild for our generation and all future generations by working together with our partners, supporters and the community.

Orangutans are important to us

Orangutans are 97% human.

They are a keystone species - their health reflects the health of others in their home

The forest where they live holds 90% of the world's carbon. Saving their home is also a really cost-effective way to stop global warming.

By saving the home of the orangutan, you are saving countless other species like sumatran Tiger, Rhinos and Elephants..

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How we are saving the orangutan

By supporting orangutan conservation, rainforest protection, local community partnerships and the rehabilitation and reintroduction of displayed orangutans back to the wild, we will save two critically orangutan species from extinction and the environment they live in.